COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS IN ONCOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 6086 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS IN ONCOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SAFIYE AKTAŞ

Offered to

Basic Oncology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand experimental animal model studies in oncology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable of understanding importance of experimental animal model studies in oncology.
2   Be able to understand aim and principles of experimental animal studis in oncology.
3   Be able to learn methods of tumor forming in animal models.
4   Be able to understand ethic concerns of experimental animal tumor models.
5   Capable of planning and doing experimental oncologic animal studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Choosing animals for oncologic research Note: Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.
2 Principles of immune supressed animals
3 Spontaneous and induced tumor models
4 Tumor forming by transplantation
5 Using transgenic technology in oncologic research
6 Forming metastatic disease model in experimental animals.
7 Imaging and follow up of tumor growth and tumor related factors in experimental animals.
8 Using oncologic medical products in experimental animals.
9 Ethic concerns in oncologic experimental animal models
10 Carcinogenesis related and prophilactic studies in animals.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Molecular Biology in Cancer Medicine. Razelle Kurzrock, Moshe Talpaz, Martin Dunitz 1995.
2. The Biology of Cancer Robert A. Weinberg, Gariand Science 2007
3. Biyomedikal Araştırmalarda Deney Hayvanı "Temel Bilgiler ve Etik Ilkeler Yeğen B, Gören Z eds. Yüce yayınevi, 2005
4. Deney hayvanları, Laboratuar teknikleri, Başaran A. Nisan kitabevi,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Lectures, Giving a homework, Working for exams, Reading practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.
Learning outcomes will be assessed with classical questions of mid-term and final exams. The homework on the topic of reading and evaluating 5 different types of papers about tumor immunology will help in evaluating the learner understood the topics or not.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

safiye.aktas@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4125891/5801

Office Hours

on Monday at: 13.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for Final Exam 1 18 18
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 14 14
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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